Marie-Sophie Garcia-Heras

Postdoctoral Researcher

Marie-Sophie received her B.S. at the University Aix-Marseille (France) and followed this up with a MSc in Ecology and Biodiversity Management. She conducted her master’s research at the Biological Station of Doñana (Spain) where she investigated the overall effects of the supplementary feeding station in the breeding population of the Canarian Egyptian Vulture. From there, she headed to the FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology at the University of Cape Town (South Africa) for a PhD, where she studied Black Harriers, an endangered bird of prey endemic to southern Africa. Currently, Marie-Sophie is working within the Marbled Murrelet Project, where she is focusing on breeding ecology, nesting habitat requirements and individual spatial movements.